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The Art of Making Money

United StatesDocumentaryTV-PG1 Season | 3 Episodes

What if the best way to make more money…is to create it yourself? In this documentary series from filmmaker Nathan Truesdell and Field of Vision, we follow folks who decided to take wealth c

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3 Episodes

Meet the Americans behind two alternative currencies: the originators of the community-focused BerkShares in Massachusetts, and the Fed-baiting libertarian Bernard von NotHaus, creator of the Florida-born Liberty Dollar.

The value of art takes on very different meanings in the work of two Copenhagen residents. One makes paintings he knows will sell well; the other makes paintings that are literally currency, which he uses to pay for dentist visits, clothes, and even drinks at a bar.

The World’s Greatest Counterfeiter

S1 | E3

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10 Mins

The self-declared “world’s greatest counterfeiter,” Frank Bourassa, printed $250 million in fake US currency until he was caught by an undercover cop in 2012. And yet he hardly served any jail time.

Credits

Director

Nathan Truesdell